Eleven Integration of social and labour market policy institutions: towards more control and responsiveness?
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Cyrielle Champion
Abstract
This chapter examines the capacity of welfare reforms to deliver their objectives, focusing on increasing responsiveness to individual needs and strengthening central control. Based on a comparison of experiences in Germany, Denmark and Switzerland it shows that none of the countries gained clear-cut achievements on the goals. It concludes by discussing the extent to which efforts to promote more responsiveness and more control have been successful in the three countries.
Abstract
This chapter examines the capacity of welfare reforms to deliver their objectives, focusing on increasing responsiveness to individual needs and strengthening central control. Based on a comparison of experiences in Germany, Denmark and Switzerland it shows that none of the countries gained clear-cut achievements on the goals. It concludes by discussing the extent to which efforts to promote more responsiveness and more control have been successful in the three countries.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
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The British welfare state
- Economic crisis, work–life balance and class 11
- Towards a fairer pension system for women? Assessing the impact of recent pension changes on women 29
- Warehouse, marketise, shelter, juridify: on the political economy and governance of extending school participation in England 47
- The political economy of taxation in the 21st-century UK 65
- Occupational and fiscal welfare in times of crisis 85
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The Social Policy Association Conference 2013
- Better to satisfy the coroner than the auditor: social policy delivery in challenging times 103
- Social Impact Bonds: shifting the boundaries of citizenship 119
- Creating a legacy of long-term indebtedness: the toxic impact of payday loans in Wolverhampton 137
- No future to risk? The impact of economic crises and austerity on young people at the margins of European employment and welfare settings 155
- Aristotle on the front line 181
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Towards integrated services? The integration of social policies and other policy domains
- Integration of social and labour market policy institutions: towards more control and responsiveness? 201
- Decentralised integration of social policy domains 221
- Rescaling inequality? Welfare reform and local variation in social assistance payments 239
- The competition–collaboration dilemma: the perverse effects of mixed service integration policy approaches in Queensland 259
- Developing integration of health and social care in England 279
- Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
-
The British welfare state
- Economic crisis, work–life balance and class 11
- Towards a fairer pension system for women? Assessing the impact of recent pension changes on women 29
- Warehouse, marketise, shelter, juridify: on the political economy and governance of extending school participation in England 47
- The political economy of taxation in the 21st-century UK 65
- Occupational and fiscal welfare in times of crisis 85
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The Social Policy Association Conference 2013
- Better to satisfy the coroner than the auditor: social policy delivery in challenging times 103
- Social Impact Bonds: shifting the boundaries of citizenship 119
- Creating a legacy of long-term indebtedness: the toxic impact of payday loans in Wolverhampton 137
- No future to risk? The impact of economic crises and austerity on young people at the margins of European employment and welfare settings 155
- Aristotle on the front line 181
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Towards integrated services? The integration of social policies and other policy domains
- Integration of social and labour market policy institutions: towards more control and responsiveness? 201
- Decentralised integration of social policy domains 221
- Rescaling inequality? Welfare reform and local variation in social assistance payments 239
- The competition–collaboration dilemma: the perverse effects of mixed service integration policy approaches in Queensland 259
- Developing integration of health and social care in England 279
- Index 295
